West Elementary News

Kaitlin, the naurlist, visited us to talk about different types of animals and how they stay warm in the winter. She shared a book, animal hides, and even brought her live turtle to teach us about hibernaing animals. They also had their first visit from Miss Lori from the Public Library. She taught us a lot of fun facts about Pengiuns during her visit.

Readiness students have enjoyed using the mouse bots and activities we received from a STEM grant for Storytime STEM packs. We read a story and then worked in small groups to solve problems or challenges.

Kinder just wrapped up a unit on King's and Queen's with a Tea Party! Fun was had by all! In science they have been learning about push and pull. They worked to answer these questions: Can we knock down a wall made of concrete using a wrecking ball and can we knock down the bowling pins. Both great experiences with hands on materials.

In science we have been talking about erosion. Students got to create a model of a mountain with corn meal and see what happens as water runs down it over time. We finished our knowledge domain over the cycles in nature. Kaitlin from the nature center came and did a fun activity showing how the water cycle works!!

3rd graders have started a book bingo to help get in some different book choices. It has been such a great start! Take a peak at it and see if you can help them find some good books to read!

4th graders have been learning about the metric sytem and width of items in the lunchroom.